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Harvard Scientist Says He's Found a Cocktail That Can Reverse Aging in Human Cells (www.sciencealert.com)
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A team led by famed Harvard Medical School anti-aging researcher David Sinclair has just published a paper that shows a mix of chemicals are capable of reversing cellular aging...

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[-] ptz@dubvee.org 18 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I look forward to having a class of rich people who will never die with the rest of us being considered expendable /s

[-] flipht@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

Literally a sub plot of the red mars series.

[-] teft@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

Also a plot on Altered Carbon. “Meths”, short for methuselahs, rule the world. You get a new body if you can afford it otherwise you get what we give you.

[-] Flexaris@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 year ago

Great, they'll live to see the consequences of climate change and slowly die anyway

[-] massive_bereavement@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

They will move to subterranean refuges and keep their everlasting bodies connected to the metaverse.

[-] lozunn@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

So... this is what hell was referring to all along?

  • evil people: check
  • underground: check
  • everlasting: check
  • ~~metaverse~~ torment: check
[-] massive_bereavement@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

I mean, if I had to spend some hundred years in that fun-less wii loby controlled by the Zuck...

Which is a great plot for Black Mirror. Netflix, call me.

[-] Generic_Handel@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

Remember not aging doesn't necessarily mean immortal.

https://www.wikihow.com/Build-a-Gallows

[-] Pisodeuorrior@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Oh yes, I really look forward to a future where people like Trump or Rupert Murdock live forever.

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